Baseball Quotes
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At the high school level, the coaches get these kids in revenue-driven sports and take them away from baseball. There's so much pressure on these kids to even play spring football. We need to get the African-American players back in the game, which I think would make it not only a better game, but more exciting and entertaining for everyone.
Pat Gillick -
When you do some things in baseball in the city where you grow up and then you come back on a second opportunity, it's special.
Pablo Sandoval
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I wanted to be a professional baseball player.
Balthazar Getty -
Baseball was, is and always will be to me the best game in the world.
Babe Ruth -
I'd never heard of colon cancer. Baseball wasn't even important to me. I have a wife and two girls. That's what was important. The doctors told me and all I could say was, 'When are we going to get this thing out?'
Eric Davis -
No matter how much technology changes scouting, no matter how much free agency and big TV contracts change the business of baseball, I hope and pray that the heart of the game will never change.
Pat Gillick -
I had a chance to play for the Cuban national team during the 2009 World Baseball Classic, but at the time I never thought about leaving Cuba.
Yoenis Cespedes -
I could be 30 pounds heavier if I played football. But I play baseball, and I do Pilates.
Jake Arrieta
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I got scars on my face that tell some kind of story. I'm looking in the mirror, and I got one scar that's really two scars - half from a baseball bat and half from playing football in college. I'll tell you, though, after a while, your face gets so wrinkled up you can hardly see them.
Kris Kristofferson -
I had an opportunity to play baseball in college, but I just didn't want to go to school. I started focusing on my music and it was game over!
Jason Aldean -
I love baseball. And American Football, too. But not rugby.
Carlos Slim -
Chuck Norris has been known to throw a baseball 100 mph. I've been known to throw Chuck Norris 100 mph.
Brian Wilson -
I loved being on the set of 'Field of Dreams' because I hung out with the baseball players all day, played cards, flirted with Ray Liotta, and had a ball.
Gaby Hoffmann -
If I had any interest in coming back to baseball, it would be as a general manager and not as a manager.
Lou Brock
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It's not in baseball's interest or the players' interest to be taking this stance. It's the people's game.
Fay Vincent -
Baseball is my escape. The sights, the sounds, the way the park smells. There is truly no place I would rather be than at a game.
Alyssa Milano -
Some of the best lessons that I've ever learned are on a ball field - basketball, football, baseball, golf. And I learned great lessons from my coaches - being on time, being mentally tough, having some discipline, and being part of a team.
Jon Gruden -
You can't hit what you can't see; I float like a butterfly and sting like a bee!
Walter Johnson -
I'd never even been to Wrigley Field. I never even enjoyed baseball that much, but I loved being there, the crowd was lovely, and they all sang with me!
Bea Arthur -
I'm an expert in baseball and I don't even have a job. I'm an expert, more so than a lot of people out there. It should be my career until I'm dead. I should be one of the instructors. I think I've earned it.
Barry Bonds
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It's a weird scene. You win a few baseball games and all of a sudden you're surrounded by reporters and TV men with cameras asking you about Vietnam and race relations.
Vida Blue -
When I say my mission is to make polo bigger, I don't expect it to be baseball, but for sure to bring the attention of a lot more people to the sport.
Nacho Figueras -
Normally, some people think about 50 as a big moment in life. I kind of think 30 because in your baseball career, 30 was considered on top kind of looking at the end of your career. So I remember thinking about 30 in different ways, but 50 just seems like another step right now.
Cal Ripken, Jr. -
I did make a choice when I got away from baseball to be there to get my kids off to college.
Cal Ripken, Jr.